FSA confirms short selling measures

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The FSA has confirmed that, other than one exception, it will not be making any changes to the short selling measures introduced on September 18.

When the FSA introduced the measures, it committed to reviewing them after 30 days and to publishing a comprehensive report of short selling in January. It has now completed the review and accepts that there is not a proportionate requirement for disclosing significant net short positions in UK financial sector stocks on a daily basis. Consequently the FSA has confirmed it will be making amendments to the Code of Market Conduct so that once disclosure of a short position has been made, additional disclosures will be required only when that short position changes. A further announcemen...

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